SB0542sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

Filed: 3/25/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 542

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 542 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 218 as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/218 new)

Sec. 218. Home purchase credit. For each taxable year ending on or after December 31, 2009 and on or before December 30, 2011, each taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act in an amount equal to 1% of the purchase price of the taxpayer's principal place of residence if the residence (i) is purchased during that taxable year, (ii) is the taxpayer's principal place of residence on the last day of that taxable year, and (ii) is purchased with cash or with a mortgage that is not a "high risk home loan" as defined in Section 10 of the High Risk Home Loan Act. The amount of the credit may not exceed $5,000. The credit may be claimed for only one residence. In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".